"I always remembers people saying, 'Lena you aims to high all the time.' "
What do we learn from what the character says?
When Mama was young, she had high hopes and always reached for the stars. In fact she did this all her life. After Walter
lost the money, she realized that she had set her hopes a little too high. She thought that they could have a nice house and
give Travis and Beneatha a good education. But she realized that this would never happen. She had set her aspirations
too high.
Walter
What does the character say?
"Life just like it is. Who gets and who don't get."
What do we learn from what this character says?
From this quote we learn that Walter starts to see the reality of life. He loses hope in ever getting out of his poverty.Before, he had dreams of getting rich and buying a new home for his family. But now, he sees that that will never happen for him. He has realized his fate.
Ruth
What does the character say?
"Lena, I'll work...I'll work twenty hours a day in the kitchens in Chicago...We
got to get OUT OF HERE!!"
What do we learn from what this character says?
From this we learn that Ruth has strong emotions towards moving into the new house. She knows that if they move out then she won't feel like they are as poor. They would have a nice house , even if Ruth did have to work "twenty hours a day."
She doesn't want to stay in the same raggedy, old apartment where her own son has to sleep on the living room couch.
Beneatha
What does the character say?
"Don't you see there isn't any real progress, Asagai, there is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture in front of us-our own little mirage that we think is the future."
What do we learn from what the character says?
In this quote, Beneatha is talking about the dreams and ambitions that people have. She says that the dreams that people
have are fake, they are just a "mirage." From this, we can infer that Beneatha has lost her hopes of being a doctor. She
realizes that it was just an illusion that she will never reach.
Dialogue Scene 3
What does the character say?
lost the money, she realized that she had set her hopes a little too high. She thought that they could have a nice house and
give Travis and Beneatha a good education. But she realized that this would never happen. She had set her aspirations
too high.
What does the character say?
What does the character say?
got to get OUT OF HERE!!"
She doesn't want to stay in the same raggedy, old apartment where her own son has to sleep on the living room couch.
What does the character say?
have are fake, they are just a "mirage." From this, we can infer that Beneatha has lost her hopes of being a doctor. She
realizes that it was just an illusion that she will never reach.